In a recently published clip, the renowned linguist comments on Donald Trump's consistency and the GOP's plans for the planet.
In a recently published clip, the renowned linguist comments on Donald Trump's consistency and the GOP's plans for the planet.

The renowned activist and linguist weighs in on the recent shift in relations between Cuba and the United States, as well as drone strikes in Yemen and the activities of the leftist parties Syriza and Podemos in Greece and Spain, among other current events.

After the first few years of the Great Depression there was a sense that “we’re gonna get out of it." It's quite different now. For many people in the United States, there’s a pervasive sense of hopelessness, sometimes despair. I think it’s quite new in American history. And it has an objective basis.

It's a short one this morning, class, so pay close attention: Noam Chomsky sounds off on the Iranian threat, Fox makes stuff up about the oil spill, some nutty professor is claiming Jesus was never crucified and trouble in Israeli academia.